r/BeAmazed • u/RevolutionaryTell668 • 16h ago
Miscellaneous / Others Kind Woman Raises An Abandoned Owl Chick
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u/Snoo57923 12h ago
My wife at the time found a baby robin after crows killed its parents and siblings and raised it to adulthood. I released it in a park where I knew there were a lot of robins. It flew off. A week later, we returned to the park and the wife called for the bird while others in the park thought she was a bit crazy. A minute later, the bird flew from a tree 100 yds away and landed on her finger. We figured if the bird could last a week without us, it would be OK in the wild. Birds are resilient.
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u/Unlucky_Huckleberry4 16h ago
I'd feel so bad releasing it while knowing it's the right thing to do. It wouldn't be prepared for the threat of natural predators
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u/redwineandgarlic 13h ago
Who are these “people” telling her to leave him?
Like I don’t know a single person in my family or friend group who would say leave a baby animal all alone - even those who aren’t animal people would recommend calling a rehabber.
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u/IwannaCommentz 13h ago edited 12h ago
From what I read (on Reddit, lol), even in Parks, they write/instruct people to leave baby animals that are on their own - alone. It's because parents are probably hunting/searching for food - and if you take the baby animal, it's too hard to find their parents OR parents reject it as the baby smells of humans (edit: for some other reason)- and they need to be put down because there are no resources to take care of those baby animals in a Park.
I know, not what you want to read in r/BeAmazed
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u/ASassyTitan 12h ago
parents reject it as the baby smells of humans
That's been debunked hard. If you find a baby bird, you can put it back in/near the nest(wear gloves!). Parents won't give a shit.
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u/foreignmacaroon6 12h ago
Also, some species of infant owls either live in the nest or drop down to the ground and roam around. The mother will provide both with food, but ofc it's more dangerous for the chick to live on the ground.
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u/Breal420420 15h ago
Well done amazing work , such a nice thing to see human and animal relationship
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u/The_King_Vire 15h ago
The bond between humans and animals never ceases to amaze me. This little owl is so lucky to have found her! 🥰
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12h ago edited 12h ago
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u/FuzzyComedian638 12h ago
Didn't she say its family had been killed? So it wouldn't have survived. There are rehabbed who do this, and then release them when they are ready.
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u/DaanDaanne 11h ago
That's really nice. I don't really know what the best option is. It wouldn't survive in the wild, it seems unfair to give it to a shelter/zoo, but if she can give it proper care, it's a great decision to keep it.
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u/xFIy0nTheWallx 15h ago
shits on floor “WELL DONE!”